MADRID, 17 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ibex 35 began this Friday’s session, the last of the week, with a fall of 0.17%, which brought it to 11,279 points, in a day marked by the publication of the final data for inflation in the euro zone corresponding to the month of April.
In the business field, Iberdrola is holding its general shareholders meeting today, which is presented with the support of the ‘proxy advisors’ and with the company’s stock reaching all-time highs.
For his part, the CEO of Colonial, Pere Viñolas, announced that the SOCIMI will invest 385 million euros in capex in four new projects, after the capital increase of 622 million euros announced yesterday, before the stock market closed. , and which will allow Criteria Caixa to become its main shareholder.
Merlin Properties informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) after the market closed that it obtained a net profit of 64.8 million euros in the first quarter of 2024, which represents a slight decrease of 2.1% compared to to the same period of the previous year, due to the start of data center operations and higher financial expenses.
Furthermore, the board of directors of Merlin Properties has accepted and approved the resignation of Javier García-Carranza Benjumea as member and president of said body.
Finally, FCC will bring to its ordinary general meeting of shareholders, which will be held on June 27 on first call or on June 28 on second call, the distribution of a flexible dividend of more than 283.4 million euros, equivalent to an amount per share of 0.65 euros, as well as the transfer of its real estate and cement production activities to its company Inmocemento, which will be floated on the stock market valued at 1,596 million euros.
Precisely, at the opening this Thursday, the value that rose the most was FCC (2.65%), followed by Repsol (0.78%), IAG (0.53%), CaixaBank (0.48%) and Banco Sabadell, which advanced 0.46%, while on the opposite side were Merlin Properties (-2.49%), Colonial (-1.80%) and Solaria (-0.96%).
The main European stock markets also opened today’s day in ‘red’, with falls of 0.21% for Frankfurt, 0.11% for Paris, 0.05% for London and 0.03% for Milan.
The price of a barrel of Brent quality oil, a reference for the Old Continent, rose 0.61% at the opening of the European markets, to 83.78 dollars, while Texas stood at 79.56 dollars. 0.42% more.
In the foreign exchange market, the price of the euro against the dollar remained at 1.0861 ‘greenbacks’, while in the debt market the interest required on the 10-year Spanish bond fell to 3.224%.
